Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Cuba
Cuba: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested was 11,096 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Cuba, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Cuba stood at 11,096 ha.
That represents a change of down 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Cuba peaked at 38,100 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 11,095 ha, in 2022.
Cuba ranks 63rd of 133 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Cuba, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 29,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 30,600 ha | +5.2% |
| 1963 | 30,300 ha | -1.0% |
| 1964 | 15,300 ha | -49.5% |
| 1965 | 18,200 ha | +19.0% |
| 1966 | 19,400 ha | +6.6% |
| 1967 | 20,693 ha | +6.7% |
| 1968 | 16,537 ha | -20.1% |
| 1969 | 12,018 ha | -27.3% |
| 1970 | 17,500 ha | +45.6% |
| 1971 | 17,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 18,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 18,600 ha | +3.3% |
| 1974 | 35,050 ha | +88.4% |
| 1975 | 38,030 ha | +8.5% |
| 1976 | 38,100 ha | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 32,365 ha | -15.1% |
| 1978 | 27,340 ha | -15.5% |
| 1979 | 31,730 ha | +16.1% |
| 1980 | 26,100 ha | -17.7% |
| 1981 | 31,418 ha | +20.4% |
| 1982 | 30,164 ha | -4.0% |
| 1983 | 34,416 ha | +14.1% |
| 1984 | 34,490 ha | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 34,234 ha | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 28,519 ha | -16.7% |
| 1987 | 26,545 ha | -6.9% |
| 1988 | 18,887 ha | -28.8% |
| 1989 | 30,158 ha | +59.7% |
| 1990 | 23,863 ha | -20.9% |
| 1991 | 34,143 ha | +43.1% |
| 1992 | 31,059 ha | -9.0% |
| 1993 | 29,493 ha | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 28,135 ha | -4.6% |
| 1995 | 26,857 ha | -4.5% |
| 1996 | 25,710 ha | -4.3% |
| 1997 | 24,557 ha | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 23,284 ha | -5.2% |
| 1999 | 19,496 ha | -16.3% |
| 2000 | 18,933 ha | -2.9% |
| 2001 | 18,463 ha | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 17,998 ha | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 18,051 ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 16,937 ha | -6.2% |
| 2005 | 16,508 ha | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 15,744 ha | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 15,156 ha | -3.7% |
| 2008 | 14,644 ha | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 14,117 ha | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 13,507 ha | -4.3% |
| 2011 | 13,077 ha | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 11,950 ha | -8.6% |
| 2013 | 12,010 ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 11,840 ha | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 11,278 ha | -4.7% |
| 2016 | 11,651 ha | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 11,241 ha | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 11,347 ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 11,096 ha | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 11,096 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 11,155 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 11,095 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 11,095 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 11,096 ha | +0.0% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 11,096 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 11,010 ha, 1.0× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 11,096 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 6,467 ha, 1.7× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Cuba changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +88.4% | 18,600 ha | 35,050 ha |
| 1989 | +59.7% | 18,887 ha | 30,158 ha |
| 1970 | +45.6% | 12,018 ha | 17,500 ha |
| 1964 | -49.5% | 30,300 ha | 15,300 ha |
| 1991 | +43.1% | 23,863 ha | 34,143 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,350 ha | 12,018 ha | 30,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,422 ha | 17,500 ha | 38,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 29,493 ha | 18,887 ha | 34,490 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,660 ha | 19,496 ha | 34,143 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,655 ha | 14,117 ha | 18,933 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,900 ha | 11,096 ha | 13,507 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,107 ha | 11,095 ha | 11,155 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
- 60 Paraguay 12,775 ha compare
- 61 Belgium-Luxembourg 12,003 ha compare
- 62 Czechoslovakia 11,433 ha compare
- 64 Peru 10,925 ha compare
- 65 Zambia 10,367 ha compare
- 66 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 9,900 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Cuba
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -19.64 % change on previous year (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0276 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 265.29 current US$ per person (2020)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6522 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2277 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.5% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Cuba?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Cuba was 11,096 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 38,100 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,095 ha in 2022.
- How does Cuba rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested?
- Cuba ranks 63rd out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cuba data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.